Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-16
NEWS IN GENERAL.
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DUNES TIC
By the burning Of railroad shops of the
Chicago, St. Paul & Milwaukee at Yank
ton, Da., $4,000 was lost
Three men were buried 12O feet deep by
the eaving in of the new acqueduct at North
Yonkers, n, Y. Engineer Thompson had
inst gone through the tunnel and pronounced
IL safei A large force OF men is at work
digging out the bodies; but they cannot be
reached for two or three days
Advices from Tucson, Ari, are to the
effect that a tremendous flood has swept
away fully 20 miles of track of the Southern
Pacific railway, between Tucson and Benson
Officials Of the Southern Pacific declare that
1t Will cause entire cessation Of traffic over
the Southern route for at least two weeks.
Rev. Sam Jones is to make Washington,
d. O., his permanent residence.
The imports Of gold for week ending Sept.
10 amounted to So, 0Sf $40, of which s., ,950,
452 came from Europe, and sl3l,17S from
South America. The exports of specie for
the week were S306, 1856, of which S265, ,575
wAs IN silver consigned to Europe, and $40,-
$40 gold: The imports of merchandise for
the week were s5ie46,005, intending 81, lSS, 170
IN dry goods.
Nine indictments have been returned by the
grand jury at Chicago against four persons
alleged to have been abettors in the McGarigle
escape; DIR. Leonard st. John of the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Levi Dell,
janitor of the same college, Capt. John lrv
ing, commander of the schooner Edward
Blake, and Capt. John Freer, commander OF
the George A. Marsh.
A fire broke out in q group of sawmills at
Minneapolis, MINI, and the flames, spread
ing rapidly, were not gotten under control
until five mills were totally destroyed. The
losses approXimated S2i0,GOO.
Tho eold;arSi monument ot Prad,i6rk Pa
overlooking the site where Cen Bradd0ck
was defeated, was unveiled with considerable
pomp. Between 5000 and 1000 Grand Army
men and Sons of Veterans participated in
the parade, in addition to which there were a
number of civic organizations in line Ex-
Gov. Fierrepoht of West Virginia and Gen.
Gibson of Ohio made the principal addresses.
The monument is handsome one.
As the New York express was descending
a steep grade near Rodamer's station, Va,
recently, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
the brakes refused to work. The train be-
came unmanageable and dashed down the
grade at the rate Of 20 miles an hour. At
bridge No 72 the engine, tender and two bag
gage cars left the track, plunging into ra-
vine 100 feet deep. a brakeman was crushed
to death, and number Of passengers were
injured, but none fatally. The escape of
the entire train from wreck is miraculous
cause he refused to marry her,
A petition for a receiver for the Cincinnati,
I Hamilton & Dayton Rrailroad Company, has
been filed.
A floor gave way at a revival meeting in q
Tennessee town, and many people were in
jured.
Plymouth Church was reopened on Sunday
and Rev. Dr. Willis of Milford, Del,
preached
By fire in Pennsylvania railroad shops at
Lewiston, Pa, the loss was S65,000.
The jury in the case of Hamilton, the al
legged train wrecker, in Missouri, are not
yet able to agree.
The wife of the late Lord Drummond says
an attempt was made to steal her little girl,
man seizing and leading the child away as
it landed from Coney Island steamer at New
York The mother succeeded in overtaking
and rescuing her. She says this is the second
attempt of the kind
The Iowa Supreme Court has decided that
the prohibitory law authorizes the State au-
thorities to prevent the expectation of spirits,
as well as their usa in the State.
Charles P Ide, book keeper of the First
National Bank at Glens Falls, N. Y, has con-
fessed embezzlement Of $lS, 100 in the years
1880, 1881 and 1882. He had covered up his
tracks for seven years. He was an officer of
Baptist Sunday school, and generally re-
spected No arrest has been made.